#  Jonathan D. Smolen 

Post-Doctoral Fellow 

 

 

 



   ![profile picture of Jonathan wearing a winter hat and glasses with mountains in the background](/sites/g/files/omnuum1771/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-07/JDS_pro_pic%20%281%29.png?itok=AQcvKu3y) 

 



 

 email <jonathansmolen@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [ORCiD](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-3893) 

 laptop\_windows [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fzq_tWYAAAAJ&hl=en) 

 laptop\_windows [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathan-Smolen?ev=hdr_xprf) 

 

 



 

I investigate feedbacks between life and the environment on a changing Earth – particularly, long-term dynamics between fire, climate, and vegetation. To do this, I reconstruct ancient environments using organic molecular and isotopic geochemistry.



 

 

 





 

 

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